TY - JOUR
T1 - Risk behaviour in adolescence
T2 - The relationship between developmental and health problems
AU - Hurrelmann, Klaus
AU - Richter, Matthias
PY - 2006/2
Y1 - 2006/2
N2 - Current research is beginning to suggest that the descriptive knowledge base of adolescent risk behaviour is not conceptually based and is inadequate to sufficiently inform a comprehensive assessment of adolescent health and risk. The aim of this paper is to contribute towards the knowledge of adolescent risk behaviour. Building on a developmental perspective, links between health risk behaviour and the socialisation process in adolescence are discussed, and developmental functions and characteristics of risk behaviour are thereby investigated in light of a psychosocial stress model. An integrative model of adolescent problem handling is proposed that distinguishes three different forms of risk behaviour: externalisation, internalisation, and evasive risk behaviours. These are further elaborated on the basis of results from the latest World Health Organization Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. Finally, conclusions for future research and health-promoting strategies are given.
AB - Current research is beginning to suggest that the descriptive knowledge base of adolescent risk behaviour is not conceptually based and is inadequate to sufficiently inform a comprehensive assessment of adolescent health and risk. The aim of this paper is to contribute towards the knowledge of adolescent risk behaviour. Building on a developmental perspective, links between health risk behaviour and the socialisation process in adolescence are discussed, and developmental functions and characteristics of risk behaviour are thereby investigated in light of a psychosocial stress model. An integrative model of adolescent problem handling is proposed that distinguishes three different forms of risk behaviour: externalisation, internalisation, and evasive risk behaviours. These are further elaborated on the basis of results from the latest World Health Organization Health Behaviour in School-aged Children study. Finally, conclusions for future research and health-promoting strategies are given.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Developmental problems
KW - Gender
KW - Risk behaviour
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33645359986&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s10389-005-0005-5
DO - 10.1007/s10389-005-0005-5
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:33645359986
SN - 0943-1853
VL - 14
SP - 20
EP - 28
JO - Journal of Public Health (Germany)
JF - Journal of Public Health (Germany)
IS - 1
ER -
